MR C. BRADLAUGH AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3800, 19 June 1880, Page 3

MR C. BRADLAUGH AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

i IXO THB EDITOB >0(F fDKHH3TAB. Sib, — I was somewhat interested while .perusing your leader of J.une tl on tho above .tvubiect. , r lt is not mj intention tc go through .the whole,cf that leader, which 1 1 may admit •is just about as truthful >as the > account of ATack the- Giant Killer or the iales of the Arabian Nights. I have no wish to charge you with being ignorant on -subjecto that you attempt to enlighten the piublic.npon, though that in my opinion would be the moat chantable- Your (London telegraans in lasi night's issue., June i JO, confirm the opinion I have expressed tomany of my friends ao to the iinalt result of the objection of itho aUavo gentleman at the bar of the Houae of Commons. Why you wish/ for a stronger pledge from a man, who has >beon flleeted by >a ivery large majority than you can demand £rom a,volunteer witciees •in your Magistrate's ;Courfc is y oar affair not mice. But I wash to. draw your attention to . a line or two where you state that; his philosophy ia of so .depraved a type lhat ho is found publicly adw>cating;the destruotion-of life ai a remedy for the alleged too rapid growth of population. Hhe members of the {House. of Commons have .given him justice. J, Sir, Ack you to do the same by informingius through your wideZy-ioircu-lated paper whan and where he publicly or privately advocated the.tlestraction of human life. — 1 am, Aa,, J. WALKEB. [We publish our .correspondent's letter, although both iv matter and tone it is the reverse of respectful. Mr Walker may dissen'o from tJie opiniorM we have expressed .upon this and oilier suiVjeots ; but he bag net shown t'aafc we haver misstated facts, and until he accomplishes tbat he has no right to characterise us as or ignorant. Mr Walker is in a hurry to claim a triumph for his views on the fitrongbU of the Committee of the House of Common*' report, and probably will find hits intelligence to be in error when he assorts it "ihe final result." Having to attempt to enlighten Mr Walker upon fiiich aubjocts, wo are contont to await with moro ptvtienco thiin lie /ins displayed tho particu* lars of tho Coninij'tee'u roport, and tho J aotion of the House of pomuioug i» regard '

to it, When we wrote on f une Iwe had before us the simple fact that for a certain ■reason Mr Bradlaugh had refused to take the oath of allegiance ; that was the subject of our article, and it was fact — not untruth. The only other f aot we asserted is referred to in Mr Walker's concluding interrogatory, which we think he will find supported in a pamphlet issued conjointly by Mr Bradlaugh and Mrs Besant.— Ed. Stab.]